Aerial view of the Hongkou (Hongkew) District of Shanghai, looking east, showing houses with straight inclined gable roofs. The domed building off the center in the distance is the Henry Lester Institute of Technical Education, an engineering...

The Big Pine Citizen was the weekly newspaper of Big Pine, a town in the northern Owens Valley of the California Sierras. The newspaper expressed the viewpoint of Big Pine residents on Los Angeles' control of the Owens Valley water supply during...

Back of building, probably the hotel and bar of Tom Callow, in Big Pine, California. Wooden barrels with discarded tin cans to left of porch. Inscription on back of photograph: "Top Row Mrs. Callow, Tom Callow, Bridget, and the cook. Bottom Row Ed,...

An aerial view of the Los Angeles basin looking towards the east with a distorted perspective focusing on Venice. The Venice pier appears prominently in the foreground. The Venice canals appear near the center of the image. Popular tourist areas...

One of the canals that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power operated in Owens Valley to bring groundwater pumped from wells to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. In left background are power lines or telephone lines. In right background are the...

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Mulholland, William, 1855-1935;

Well probably owned and operated by City of Los Angeles, as indicated by wellhead similar to other city wellheads. Unidentified mountain range in background. Barbed wire fence around property. Title supplied by cataloger.

Front of Los Angeles County Courthouse from the corner of Grand and First Streets, looking south on First toward City Hall; automobiles; traffic lights; streetlights; people walking; trees and shrubbery; flag of California on flagpole in front of...

View overlooking a lake at Hollenbeck Park, with the Santa Fe Hospital in the distance. Several visitors paddle canoes across the waterway, with more watching from the shore, or on a bridge over the lake.

Portrait of young J. D. Black in lap of Johnny McKay, with family dog at side. Inscription on accompanying grocer's ticket by J.D. Black: "Johny (sic) McKay and Yours Truly." Sepia print on cabinet board. Bottom and right edge of board serrated. ...